Schools Closed, Train Services Hit as Deep Depression, Heavy Rain Grips Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
IMD said 4 people died in electrocution as the system brought widespread rain, uprooted 50 trees and cut road links across Uttarandhra.
- A deep depression crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam on Thursday, September 24, 2026, bringing winds of 55 to 65 kmph that inundated colonies and severed road connectivity across Uttarandhra, the India Meteorological Department reported.
- The system moved north-northwestwards from the Bay of Bengal, with automatic weather stations recording intense rainfall; Seethammadhara and Visakhapatnam Rural mandals each registered about 170 mm between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- In Anakapalli district, Rongala Janaki, 28, and her mother Gompa Manga, 55, died from electrocution on Thursday morning; Janaki's husband, Rongala Nagaraju, 32, was injured attempting to help.
- Officials in Odisha relocated around 10,000 people from low-lying and landslide-prone areas to nearly 200 relief centers as a precautionary measure, while schools and colleges closed across three districts.
- The depression is expected to weaken by Saturday as it moves northwest across Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, though the India Meteorological Department warns heavy rainfall may continue in vulnerable areas.
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